Strategic Logistics Management

Chapter 9
Annotated Links

Decision Strategies in Transportation

http://www.loglink.net/oceancarriers.htm

This LogLink website offers linkages to over 40 of the largest ocean carriers in the world. It also allows the reader to access air transportation links, rail transportation, barge and inland water carrier lines, truck transportation, and organizations within each of the subsets. It also allows the reader to access general topic discussion and websites related to decision strategies in transportation carrier selection.

http://www.wcoomd.org/

This is the home page of the World Customs Organization. The site is accessible in either French or English. This site includes links to member organizations, Kyoto 2000 – pathways to efficiencies and effectiveness in the customs environment, the G7 Customs Data Harmonization Initiative, council sessions and much more.

http://www.umtri.umich.edu/

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) represents a breadth of transportation decision strategy knowledge. Students can visit to see the latest works as well as works in progress, representing the most current topics in the field of decision strategies in transportation.

http://www.csxi.com/

CSX Intermodal is a division of Sea-Land. For the last ten years, CSX Intermodal has provided shippers with a variety of state-of-the-art, reliable transportation services using our nationwide intermodal network. Every week, CSXI runs over 300 dedicated trains between our 33 terminals. Our customers now use us for over a million shipments a year. Intermodal is quickly becoming more and more important in firms’ transportation decision strategies.

http://www.schneider.com/

Schneider is one of the leading over the road motor carrier firms in the world. Students can log on to Schneider’s homepage and navigate through international operations, career opportunities, doing business with Schneider, and can even submit resumes for jobs in finance, accounting, logistics, marketing, customer service, internships, and interview tips.